Steve Dasbach is an American politician from

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

. He served as the 11th chair of the

Libertarian National Committee The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) controls and manages the affairs, properties, and funds of the United States Libertarian Party. It is composed of the party officers, five at-large representatives elected every two years at the national c ...

from 1993 to 1998. In 1986, he was the Libertarian Party of Indiana candidate for Indiana's 4th Congressional District U.S. Representative receiving 602 votes for 0.4% of the vote. When activist

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was arrested for cannabis offenses, Dasbach advocated dropping the charges. Dasbach advocates for a repeal of the

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; and to reduce the size and power of the federal government. Dasbach served as Jo Jorgensen's campaign manager for her campaign in the 2020 presidential election. Dasbach ran to return to his role as LNC Chair in the 2021 special election, but lost to

Whitney Bilyeu Whitney Bilyeu is an American politician from Texas who was the 21st chair of the Libertarian National Committee, the governing body of the Libertarian Party, from July 2021 to May 2022. She was elected on July 12, 2021, to fill the vacancy creat ...

. In the first round of ranked-choice voting, he received only one vote of the 16 cast by members of the committee. He was eliminated in the third round, having received no transfer votes. Dasbach ran again for LNC chair at the 2022 Libertarian National Convention, but lost to

Angela McArdle Angela Elise McArdle (born June 7, 1983) is an American politician from Texas and California who was elected on May 28, 2022 as the 22nd and current chair of the Libertarian National Committee. She was also the Secretary of the Libertarian Pa ...

in the first round.

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